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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-26
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CERTIFICATE OF.
Renewal Of @o=Parrtnnerrsshhilps

WHEREAS, On the 3Lst day of December, Il. D. 1888,
Geo W. H1nshuc and Wade II. Bynun, both Of Vim
st0n, F1rsyth County, North Carolina, as General Part
ners, and Jnmes n. Allison and &. B. addison, of the
ners. rene1red for the term Of three years, beginning
December 31st, II. d. 1888, and expiring December 31st,
II. d. 1886. IT, limited cc7pnrtnersh1p Wh1ch had thereto
fore been formed betzOeen said parties, and
Whereas, said limited c0-pa7tnershiD so 7eneuced ec-
pires December 31st, 1886, and 1t is proposed to make
retiring from said firm and Mention II. Meden71sbecona
ing u general partner in said firm, and
Whereas. it is proposed to 7eneU said limited cO-p01t-
nershtp bet1Ueen Geo. ". Hinsha1O and Mention H.: Me-
denris, us general partners, and James ": Allison and
E. 3. addison. as special partners,
ris, IS General Partners, and James ". Allison and f.. b. Addi-
son, as Special Partners, haze formed a co-partnership under the
firm name of Hnshaw E. JMedearis. .a' f
end. For the purpose of carrying on the wholesale and retail
business In general merchandise, fertilizers, seeds and aericuI-
turaz implements, in the said touOn of Winston, North Carolina.
3rd. Geo. ": Hinshac and Mention H. .Medearis, of Winston, For
szhh County. North Carolina, being the General Partners, and
flames "" Allison and E. B. addison, of the city of Richn1Ond and
State of I1reinia. being the Special Partners.
each Seventy Five Hundred Dollars, said sums Sc paid by them
beine nmv reprpsentedb by goods and merchandise on hama, and hare
urt been impaired in the course of trade.
9TH. This CO. partnership is formed for L. years, from december
31t. II. d. 1886. tn December 31st, II. d. 1892.
GEO W. HIVSHAW, General Partner.
NEWTOV MEDEARIS, General Partner
flames W. ALLISON, Special Partner:
Z. d ADDISON, Special Partner.
Acknowledging and registered according to law,
January Ist. 4 d. 1882.
G.. s: H. USER, c. S. {. Of Forsyth Co, NO:
pgrMr. Medearis has been in the house for nearly ten years and has been chief
addition to our already large store houses, and will make or Retail Departments
the h hrsst" Of anv in ,m:s section of the State, and we are able to compete o. the
Road as well as at home successfully with all houses selling goods in this part of
enable ia us to make arh house headquarters for both Wholesale and Retail.
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CASUALTIES.

". o. Bean, brakeman, fell between
The cars at Mattoon, H., and was run over
and killed.
J. NJ. Walling, a stockman from Dupree,
Tox., was run over and killed in the Mis-
souri, d Pacific yard at Sedalia, Mo. He
was enroute to Chicago with fifteen car
loads of cattle.
An entire passenger train, except the
engine, was hurled from a trestle while
running forty-fve miles an hour, near
Jackson. Tenn, and over thirty persons
were injured, though, by what seems al
most miracle, none were killed.
q. Thompson, of Chicago, was run over
oy train at Rochester, Ind, and fatally
inangled on Monday night.
In Reading, Pennsylvania, on Monday,
William Hartung fell into caldrOn of
boiling catsup, and was fatally scalded.
Martin Gleason. aged IL, accidentally
while out hunting.
The Indiana, Bloomington il Western
west bound passenger train was side
tracked by a defective switch near Mace,
ST. miles from Charlottesville, Ind, Sat
urday One coach and three sleeping and
chair cars were wrecked. Many passen-
gers were badly bruised, but none was
killed.
William B. Oliphant, travelling sales
man of Chicago, has sued the city OF
DanviIe ILL.,, for $4,000 damages for in
iuries received in falling into an open gas
trench Aug. 10.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07
POLITICAL

The amendment election in Tennessee
was very quiet. Eastern Tennessee gave
a majority of 1900 for prohibition.
Dispatches to the Chattanooga Times in
cate the defeat of prohibition by about
5000. Women worked earnestly At the
polls, dispensing q lunch and coffee to
voters, and pleading with them that they
cast their ballots for prohibition.
S. W. Robertson was nominated at
Baton Rdote, La. for Congress, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of his father,
the Hon. Z. W. Robertson.
In the New York Democratic conven-
ton at Saratoga, the representation of
New York City was equally divided between
"Tammany hall" and the County Democ-
racy," leaving the Irving hall faction out
in the cold. The platform, as adopted,
demands revision of the tariff and re-
duction of $IOO,OOO,OO0 in the amount of
taxes annually collected. The State and
national civil-service laws are approved;
the administrations of Governor Hill and
President Cleveland approved, and stump
tuary laws interfering with the person al
liberties and reasonable habits OF any.
portion of our fellow citizens" reprobated,
Charles z. Tabor was nominated for
attorney general Edward Wemple for
comptroller, and l.. ]. Fitzgerald for
treasurer.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07
INDUSTRIAL

Operations will be resumed by the win
dow glass workers in all the factories of
the West as soon as the furnaces can be
heated. The workmen accepted 5 per
cent. increase, and the threatened strike
was averted.
The executive board of the Miners and
Laborers' Amalgamated association met
at POttsville, Pa. A resolution was adopt
ed laying an assessment of per cent. on
the wages of each miner and laborer
working in the lower anthracite region
fer the support of the strikers, and it was
resolved that no distinction will be made,
but that all will receive equal assistance,
whether members of the Miners and La
borers' Amalgamated association or
knights of Labor or not.
The Louisville Knights of Labor, in
supporting a strike of employees in the
WOODEN mills there. have allowed six hun
dred or seven hundred persons from 81
to So week for two months. The mill
hands are now reported to be resuming
work at the old wages under an agreement
to withdraw from the Knights. Two or
three of the mills are resuming On these
terms.
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CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.

Thursday James Thomas, an inmate
of the Hun tington Qndiana) County In
Urinary, committed suicide by hanging
himself to a tree in the orchard. He was
So years old, and at one time was a prom
inent citizen.
o. W. Durham, a civil engineer, tied
himself to the knob of an office door at
Minneapolis, Mimi, Thursday, and sue
ceeded in committing suicide.
Frank jain, blind man, committed
suicide at Milwaukee, Wis, Thursday by
drowning. He tried to buy poison and
revolver, but the persons having these
means of suicide for sale refused to sell.
His little brother, who always accOmpa
MED him, led him out on the government
pier, at the blind mans request, and was
a Mortified witness of his act.
Thursday at Fayetteville, n. Y, F. NJ.
\ Severance, cashier of the burst Farmers
\ Bank, was arrested for embezzling $780,
\ COO of its funds.
A New York paper states that Inspector
Bonfeld is in that city for the purpose
4
sorry before the fact to the Haymarket
\ murders, in that the incitedhe conspiracy
BY letters and speeches.
While attempting to arrest William Il.
Huff on a county court writ, John McGhee,
deputy sheriff, was shot in the back and
received a wound which it is supposed
will prove fatal.
In the Joliet Penitentiary, James
Young, the murderer of II. p. Allen, of
Sandwich, died of consumption Another
man had been imprisoned for the crime,
but Young confessed he was the guilty
person.
Oscar Neebe, one of the convicted An
archists, was taken to the Joliet peniten-
tiary Monday night for fifteen years.
DR.. St. John, the man who is supposed
to have helped McGarigle escape is in
jail in Chicago, on account of worthless
bonds.
Lately, in Matagorda county, Texas. g
negro constable attempted to- arrest q
white man and was found dead in a creek.
Dispatches from the scene of the occur
renee report that the negroes of the vicin
ity are up in arms, with determination
to revenge the constable's death.
A game of cards for quart of whisky
was played at Blue Ridge, Texas, and
"Bud" Scrivener and Ben Eaker were
killed with knives. The stakes had fortu-
nately been drank before the knives were
dealt.
farmer named Wnke was found muir
dered in his barnyard at Elliston. near
Toledo, Ohio, on Sunday, and George Rip
plemaker was arrested for the crime anc
put in Jail. The people of the neighoor
! hood are inclined to lynch Ripplemaker
Billy Bair, the Jockey, was assaulted By
three foot pads on the Belmont rae
track near Philadelphia Saturday, drag
Ced to a road cart, choked until he wa
nsansibIe, and robbed of $1,000 Tn
assault was witnessed from the club house
half . mile distant
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07
FOREIGN.

The Roman police have seized the pOpe's
jubilee medals inscribed "Pope Leo Kill,
Pontifex ct Rex" 1t is expected the
vatican will protest against the seizure
and poi..! out that the law of guarantees
recognized the pope's right to the title of
sovereign.
A German official reporting upon the
the French huntsmen we're on German
soil when the soldier shot at them. The
soldiers assertion to this effect is sup
ported by one of the forest guards. 1t is
added that from the destiny of the woods
it was impossible for the soldier to have
seen or shot anybody at the place where
the Frenchman's blood stained the
ground, and that he must have craWled
there from the German side of the boun-
dairy.
The Spanish government has decided
to reduce the customs duties collected in
Cuba on necessaries of life and articles
used in native industries.
The nizam of Hyderabad mas offered
the English government $4,000 600 to be
used for the construction of defensss on
the northwest frontier of India.
In Limerick, Ireland, while a squad OF
soldiers and police we're evicting Michael
Lane, a tenant, from his building, Mrs.
Lane split the skull of the police in
spector who had charge of the job. The
woman and her husband and brother
were arrested.
One of the ameer's generals has run
away with two thousand of his soldiers,
and joined AyOub, the pretender, in
northern BelOOchistan-
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

A Canton, Dakota, dispatch says:
Early this morning freight train on the
Chicago, Milwaukee l. st. Paul Railway
was doing some switching at InwoOd, Ia,
six miles away. Through the careiesness
of the men on the fire. ight-train half the
train started down the grade toward Can
ton at furious speed, and its motion was
accelerated at every turn OF the wheels.
A passenger train al just left Canton
and was about three miles east OF here,
running at the rate of twenty miles an
hour, when it cams in collision with the
freight cars which were then tearing
along at the rate of seventy miles an
hour. he cars OF both trains wer6 de-
rallied and five persons killed. The names
of four of them are here given:
Henry Williams.
Andrew Dcrrath. OF Rock Valley, La.
W. A. Plogg, of McGregor. La.
Charles Dunbar, of Mason City, Ia.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

DR.. Edward Z. klttoe, a well-known
physician. and medical director on the
staff of General Grant during the late
war, died Thursday at Galena, III, aged
- years
An assignment was made Thursday By
the ]. B. Wathen 4 Bro. Company, dis
tillers, at Louisville Ky The liabilities
are $4,000. and the assets are figured at
$4,000.
The last spike, a gold one, was driven
Wednesday in the Kansas City, Memphis
and Birmingham Road, at Crews Mill,
Ala The line will be ope ned for business
at once.
The Toledo, Peoria and Western has
settled with Mrs. Henry Waters. OF Peoria,
for $1,000 The lady was one of the
seriously injured victims at Chatsworth.
and this is the largest amount yet paid TO
any sufferer.
In the United States court at St. Louis
Miss Phoebe W. Couzins took the oath OF
office as United States marshal, TO sue
coed her deceased father.
At the Great council OF the Improved
Order of Red Men in Illinois, it was re-
| ported that the order has 3SOQ members
| in the State.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07
Uime And Casualties.
Highwaymen Rob a Train Down in
Texas and Get Away With
$4,000.
A Train Runs Away near G anton. Oak
and CoIlides with Another. Kill
ing Five Men.
Shocking Accident to SeAmen Caused
Ay q Prem Ature Exp lesion ON
Man Of War.

A dispatch from Fort Worth, Tex, has
bound through express from San Fran
cisco was robbed near Benbrook, where
the robbery of June occurred. Tive
men mounted the cab az the train pulle
out OF Benbrook and covered the engineer
with rsvolVers. When the train was on q
high trsstls the engineer was ordered to
stop. After pulling up so the express
Uas off the trsstle the engine'r and fire.
man we're marched back to the express
car under guarl of two men who were on
the grounds whom the engine stopped.
The leader OF the robbers ordered the
Pacific express messenger to open his
car. Messenger Moloney paid no atten-
ton 10 the order. After dozen shots
dred into the car the door vas opened
One of the robbers entered the car
emptied the safe, aud at once started for
the maiI-car, which was entered without
any resistance from Agent Griffin. Every
registered letter in the car was secured
There were guards on the train, but they
made no show of fight further than Il
prepare to defend the passengers. The
robbers made no effort to enter the pas
senger coaches. After leaving the mail
car they marched the engineer and fire
man back to the cab aud ordere them Il
pull out. The four robbers watch tn,
train move on and then walked away
Two posse OF msn left here soon after tn,
train pulled in, but there is no more like
lihood of their catching the robbers thar
on the previous occasion. The amount o
booty is placed as high as $4,000 Thes'
figures are not far out of the way for
was a clean haul
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07
ACCIDENT TO SEAMEN.

A Halifax, n. S. dispatch gives the fol
loving account of the terrible accident
on a Man of War:-Tho British war ship
BellerophOn, carrying the flag of Admiral
Lyon, and which was ordered to New
foundland fishing waters, has arrived here
and placed in the hospital, men injured
by an explosion of 70 ckets while in Que
lee. The extent of this terrible accident
was hushed up in Quebec. 1t happened
under these circum stances Governor
General Lansdowne and suite were at the
old French capital. On the evening oil
Sept. 10 there was grand entertainment
in Lansdownes honor on the flagship
Bellerophon- At night the iron clad vas
gorHsously illuminated With electricity
oil lamps, and frsworkA and presented
the grandest sight ever witnessed at his
toric Quebec. At $50 O'Clock, as Lord
Lansdovne AMI party we're leaving fol
the shore, some siI hundred men Of the
crew were on deck The yards were
manned, bands playing. and there va
a grand finale OF eTplos ions.
A pile OF sixty or more OF the mos
powerful rockets lay on the upper deck
One of them on beng lighted, instead o
going up in the air. exploded on deck
igniting the pile OF sixty. The tfec
VA Tremendous. In q moment the de IN
dealing rockets were sweeping the deck
in every direction, burning, lacsrating
and manning the helpless men Lbs
pieces we're flying up into the rigging
and yards and carrying havoc among tn
poor fellows stationed there, AMI th'
sticks we're falling among the crowds Oh
shore and the French var ships Minerv'
and Clorinde and other vessels anchoreC
in the harbor. The Quebec papers mex
morning announced that midshipnaI
and tuo men had been injured The fac
"a. that nearly forty men had been NOR
or less in iursd. thirteen OF them, IN cind
ing MidahIpman DoGtnsy, 50 seEiorsl!
that the Bellerophon had TO leave Quebec
and instead OF going TO Newfoundland, q
ordered, she came TO Halifax TO place ID
men IN the Naval Hospital They az
terribly burned and lAoerats1 Som
have ths neshy parts OF their thighs an,
legs blown OF; others have the muscle
Of their arms torn The explosion too
place about 'midships. and thus gave
fore and aft sweep to the nsry ssrp@nta
during which many had time 20 hide Be
hind the guns-
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

All the statues for the State House Of
Illinois arrived at Springfield. That
representing Governor Nathan Edward
was put in position.
The Lincoln (Neb.) Fire Insurance
Company has failed after one years
business. The loss to stockholders, it 10
said, will reach 100000. A receiver will
be appointed.
Agents of the Peoria distillers purchased
about $500 head of cattle at Mason City,
Iowa The dealers realized over $40 600
from the sales.
The Farmers Review, of Chicago, es-
Inmates that the total corn crop OF the
country this season will be bat 1910, 600,
600 bushels.
The general conference of the Evan
gelical Lutheran Church, in session at
Buffalo, has elected as bishops for the en-
suing four years j. j. Esher of Chicago;
Thomas Bowman, of Allentown, Pa, and
r. Dubs, of Cleveland, Ohio.
In the first race for the Americas cup,
sailed Tuesday, the American yacht Vol
unteer beat the Thistle 10 minutes 20
seconds, actual time. The wind was light
throughout the contest, and the condi-
tions were generally presumed 10 be favor
able to the Scotch boat. The latter's
principal owner and her captain incline
to the belief that the Thistles keel had
been 'doctored" in some way, and will
make an examination to-day. Public
opinion, however, is to the effect that the
Thistle was honestly out sailed, and is
not as fast boat as the Volunteer.
The Illinois Protective Association,
represent ting the saloon interest. held it,
eighth annual cow ention Tuesday Q
Rock Island. Bloomington was chosen
as the next place of meeting, and Charles
A. Walker, of Chicago, was reelected
president, and B. +. MalOney. of Chicago,
secretary. The address of the President
cautioned the society not to be over conf
dent touching the passage of a prohibi-
! tory law by the Legislature.
/ Citizens of Rowan county, Kentucky,
the seat of the TOlIiver guerrilla war, are
praying Rev. G. q. Barnes, the evangelist,
to come among them and endesvor to
] cast out the devil of murder and lawless-
ness by prayer and a series OF revival
/ meetings
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07
WASHINGTON.

At the invitation of President Cleveland
the Hon. William l.. Putnam, of Maine,
and the Hon. James B. Angel, of Michi-
gan, have consented to act with Secretary
Bayard in negotiation for settle ment
with Great Britain of the fisheries dispute.
Emma &. Fraser, employed in the
treasury department at Washington,
took naturalization papers in Judge
Collins court at Chicago, renounc cling her
allegiance as British subject.
In relation to the late conferences at
the Presidents summer residence it is
said on authority that the President
merely desired to obtain information
concerning the tariff for his message,
and has no intention to frame a new
tariff bill.
The minis sent out during the week
ending September p, 81, 359, 465 in stand
ard dollars. In the cores pOnding week
last year the issue was $S72,99o.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

Dennis Callahan was sentenced to four
teen years imprisonment for the murder
of his nephew, Carrot Callahan, in Chics-
GO last July.
John Grady, notorious stock yards
tough of Chicago, was shot and instantly
killed by Officer Flaherty, while resisting
arrest.
Chris Addlearen, of Roche ster, Ind,
was sentenced to three years in the peni-
Tertiary for attempting to kill George
Lathroup on July 10.
Daniel Alexander agreed to pay for all
the liquor George Zeigler would drink al
a corner grocery in Day ton, O., Saturday
night. Zeigler drank twenty four glasses
of scent whiskey, walked 200 yards home,
sat down, and died.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07
CONDENSED NEWS.
Latest Intelligence From all Parts Q;
the World.
TIRR RECORD.

c. Devine's rag warehouse burned al
PittsburG, Pa. Loss, $4,000; partly in
eured.
Fire broke out in a restaurant in San
ford. Fla, Saturday morning, and de-
stroyed almost the en- tire business portion
Of the town.
Maxwell Bros. box factory, including
building, machinery, and stock, was burn
ed at Chicago, involving loss of $3.50,
900. Insurance, $4,000.
Eighteen business places in Payne, q
village on the Nickel Plate road, twenty
fvo miles from Toledo, o., were burned.
Loss 100000.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

\ R. Parsons, one Of the seven con-
annsd anarchists has issued an address
hAs American people. Parsons reviews
y decision Of the supreme court at
sas length, asserts his innocence of any
Anticipation in OF responsibility for the
aiynarket massacre, and declares that
= does not desire a communication of his
saIsnce to imprisonment.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

r,pr. BLACK appeared before the Hi
II. Supreme Court last week with a mo
~ for leave to withdraw the record in
/, Anarchists case for thirty days, but
!. notion was denied. Capt: Black was
- much disappointed.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

GENERAL LESTER B. FAULKNER is under
rsst OF Buffalo, N. Y. The General was
IdirectOr OF the First National Bank of
DsnViIle, of which his brother was Presi-
Int The bank failed, and it is said the
6sasral signed the last quarterly report
moving it to be fraudulent.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

PREMIER NoRQUAY, Of Manitoba, has left
Nv York after an unsuccessful attempt
bnsgotiate the Red River railway bonds
lAat city. He is hopeful that the bonds
VI DO hoated in London, and predicts
hit the road will be built, in spite of the
AstaCss that have been placed in its
nv
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

c,rvr MILTON E. REED, an Iowa boy,
. 4. complainant in court-martial now
a,iop on 9 hazing case at Annapolis.
4. defendant is Cadet Joseph A. Leeds
! u * Sheriff Leeds, Of Philadelphia.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

lH assessed value Of the property Of
!" York for tax is a fraction below the
messed values of the twelve States OF
aOauA Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
''asucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
y South Carolina. Tennessee, Texas,
@Virginia. But these Southern States
againing rapidly. They show an in
a'ass IN the past seven years OF $780,
EaL
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

OsE Of the striking figures at the Phila-
auhis celebration was that Of the hero
/ he last Apache campaign. Henry ".
avtOn, of the Fourth Cavalry, the captor
\ Gsronimo, is a nam Of fine presence,
naUubted courage, and rare executive
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07
new InAlaa. EI.A witt AAespwee1

New indians Einh with ahespueea
There Is a plant popularity known =
sheepweed. which grows In great pro-
fusion around sheep pens. hence is
name. This weed u possessed Of de-
cidedly poisonous. or ~ least deleters-
Gus qualities, and the Indians gather =
quantity Of it and set II anoat "a >
pool in the river. and. standing down.
stream from IL, they thrash II with
tree-branches until the juice exudes
and becomes mixed with the water.
The result Is that every trout for one
hundred yards Or % below that point
u doped or stupeded. and rendered
helpless and n easy captive.-SoH
FTaacisco Frnmaintr.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

AclTIEo scenes occurred at the coro-
II inquest at Mitchellstown, Ireland,
'''aing the recent emeute One police
n refused to answer a question By Mr..
'ngton as to whether he murdered
-a'sgan, and another, whom Harrington
~ villain, said he killed no person
imply did bis duty. At one time q
!" agnt between counsel, witnesses, and
f'eators was threatened.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

| DUBLIN newspaper states that the
stisb Government has decided to put
NO force the suppression" clauses Of
N Coercion ac:, and that over 200
ranches Of the league will be immedi-
NV prohibited from holding meetings.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

=, attieth anniversary Of the intro
Alan Of homeopathy west Of the Ale
q, Mountains by Gustavus Reichhelm
!. 1..n celebrated in Pittsburg. i7In
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

srormous swans cut in ice were
nd bes utiful features of the table
L. ,aception given Mrs. Cleveland BY
Il rhiIds at Wootton.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

u, 0tsncoming meeting of the Amer
~. Sato Of foreign missions (Congre-
80. y Springfield, Massachusetts,,
NJ great interest in the religious
y, wing to the fact that the contro-
49, s'sf the "Andover doctrine" of
~. after death, which was SO
e the Des Moines meeting of
Nh. laat year, viii be revived. Both
49,. re church are making active
s for the contest, and the
4 - board i anxiously awaited
eonaILots everywhere.
Western cyclone., 1887-10-07

,x,rIxxAroR1 circular in the inter
u. condemned Anarchists has been
.,..sd in Cleveland, Y.